Jury awards Million against Psychiatrist for Over-prescribing
Jury awards $12 Million against Psychiatrist for over-prescribing
Broward County Circuit Court - December 17, 2001 Three young children were awarded a total of $12,109,165.95 for the death of their mother by a Broward County jury. The jury found that Dennis R. Porter, M.D., a psychiatrist, knowingly prescribed excessive amounts of addictive pain medications which resulted in the woman's death. The jury awarded both compensatory damages and punitive damages against Dr. Porter.
